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Louis Conter left the USS Arizona (BB-39) via a liberty boat after her fatal bombing. He boarded the boat near number...

The attack on Pearl Harbor happened while Calvin Summers was at work, and when he came home, his family was discussing...

[Annotator's Note: Interview begins mid-discussion with brief mention of the Malmedy Massacre, the massacre of 84...

Donald Witmer didn't know what his fate would be. He thought he was drifting toward the beach, one that was held by the...

Daniel Crowley and a couple of his friends were sent on the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) to the Philippines. He recalled...

While stationed on Wheeler Field [Annotator's Note: Wheeler Army Airfield, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] with the 14th Pursuit...

Harry Watson went to Newport, Rhode Island [Annotator's Note: for Navy boot camp training], and couldn't understand why...

Frank Patti was born in December 1924 in Hammond, Louisiana and grew up on a produce farm where his parents shared the...

Roy Boreen felt that World War 2 did not change his values in life although the war did have an impact on his life...

Kenneth Killilea was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He grew up there for the most part. He also lived in Wellesley,...

Henry A. Tacket began training at Treasure Island in San Francisco for his assignment to a new destroyer. That was...

Robert Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York, in September 1924, the second of two children. At an early age his...

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